diff --git a/libraries/utils.robot b/libraries/utils.robot
index 6b8b51d..24397b4 100644
--- a/libraries/utils.robot
+++ b/libraries/utils.robot
@@ -295,3 +295,10 @@
         ...    Check Ping    ${pingStatus}    ${dst['dp_iface_ip_qinq']}    ${src['dp_iface_name']}
         ...    ${src['ip']}    ${src['user']}    ${src['pass']}   ${src['container_type']}    ${src['container_name']}
     END
+
+Announce Message
+    [Arguments]    ${message}
+    [Documentation]    Announce a message that will be picked up by the log aggregator
+    Run Process   kubectl    delete    pod    announcer
+    Run Process    kubectl    run    announcer    -ti    --restart    Never    --image    ubuntu
+    ...     bash    --    -c    echo; sleep 1; echo ${message}; sleep 1; date --rfc-3339\=n ; sleep 1; echo; sleep 1